T. W. Wells Lecture - April 11, 1961, 1961-04-11

File — Box: MS 017-05, Folder: MS 017-05-07

Identifier: MS 017- File MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1961 no. 02

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RT 398 F666m 1961 no. 02 - CD-ROM and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

4 index cards - Folklore of the Middle West, 1961, no. 2; Frontier and pioneer life - Kansas; Kansas - History; Wells, Thornton Walton;

Typed and handwritten notes.

A recording of a lecture given by Thornton Walton Wells, former school superintendent of Russell County Schools, to Samuel Sackett's folklore class at Fort Hays Kansas State College on April 11, 1961.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:00 - Brief introduction to the geography of the area

00:04:10 - Starting school at Pilot Rock in Russell County in 1881

00:06:46 - More geography and place names

00:08:56 - Rattlesnake story

00:12:47 - Looting an Indigenous American grave site

00:14:17 - Housing and construction

00:17:17 - School library in 1888

00:21:47 - Lice infestation

00:23:44 - Insect infestation in 1893 00:26:26 - Cockleburs, tumbleweeds, Russian thistles, and other weeds

00:30:47 - Hunting, game animals, and trapping

00:37:41 - Sod houses

00:39:10 - Fuel

00:42:08 - Prairie Fires